The Country
NZME
Jamie Mackay delivers your daily fix of everything going on in NZ's biggest industry, along with a generous side-serve of news, sports and politics. The Country from Newstalk ZB, Hokonui and Gold Sport.
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Jan 28, 2025 • 5min
The Country 28/01/25: Paul Paynter talks to Jamie Mackay
Hawke's Bay is nearing Cyclone Gabrielle's second anniversary, when millions of tonnes of silt were dumped across the region, smothering crops and resulting in over 600 hectares of fruit trees having to be ripped out. Apple grower, and the chief executive of the Yummy Fruit Company, Paul Paynter lost more than 180,000 trees and says many are still dying.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 28, 2025 • 5min
The Country 28/01/25: Mike Petersen talks to Jamie Mackay
We continue the Hawke's Bay theme with the former chair of Beef + Lamb NZ, former NZ special agricultural trade envoy, and current chair of horticulture company Scales. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 28, 2025 • 7min
The Country 28/01/25: Adam Thompson and Rhys Roberts talk to Jamie Mackay
Today's Zanda McDonald farmer panel takes us to Mid Canterbury and Waikato.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 28, 2025 • 3min
The Country 28/01/25: Phil Duncan talks to Jamie Mackay
Monday's resident weather expert makes a belated Tuesday appearance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 27, 2025 • 38min
The Country Full Show: Monday, January 27, 2025
Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Dennis Neilson, Sirma Karapeeva, and Farmer Tom Martin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 27, 2025 • 12min
The Country 27/01/25: Damien O'Connor talks to Jamie Mackay
We ask the Former Ag and Trade Minister for his take on Trump, trade and tariffs. We discuss controversial Gaza comments (something he and Trump have in common), and Shane Jones digging up the West Coast. And we debate Jacinda Ardern's legacy, with her book coming out later this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 27, 2025 • 9min
The Country 27/01/25: Dennis Neilson talks to Jamie Mackay
We catch up with an iconic and controversial forestry commentator — some of his colleagues even call him a polymath. Dennis is a director of the New Zealand-based international forest industry advisory firm, DANA Limited. We talk "right tree, right place" and discuss the place of carbon farming in forestry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 27, 2025 • 5min
The Country 27/01/25: Sirma Karapeeva talks to Jamie Mackay
The MIA chief executive also talks about Trump, trade and tariffs, the importance of the US market (our biggest for red meat), and tells us about a new Dragon's Den initiative to come up with innovative ideas to supercharge the industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 27, 2025 • 4min
The Country 27/01/25: Farmer Tom Martin talks to Jamie Mackay
Our UK farming correspondent updates the damage from Éowyn - one of the biggest storms to hit the UK in the past 10 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 24, 2025 • 40min
Rabobank Best of The Country: January 25, 2025
Jamie Mackay talks to Mike Casey, Todd Clark, Winston Peters, Jen Corkran, and Christopher Luxon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
